Stafford calls Lions “a mature team”

Posted by Michael David Smith on April 16, 2012, 6:27 PM EDT

AP

The Lions have followed a 2011 season in which they were one of the league leaders in stupid penalties on the field with an offseason in which they’re one of the league leaders in stupid incidents off the field. But Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford still maintains that the Lions are mature.

After today’s team meeting at the start of the Lions’ offseason program, Stafford told reporters that head coach Jim Schwartz talked to the team about offensive lineman Johnny Culbreath, defensive tackle Nick Fairley and running back Mikel Leshoure all getting arrested for marijuana possession. And Stafford said he’s confident that off-field problems won’t set the Lions back on the field.

Stafford has to say that, even though he knows it’s a flat-out lie. The team is characterized by their Napolean-complexed head coach. Both he and the team are as immature as I’ve seen in the NFL in years.

Believe it!!!! A few guys get popped and it pisses me off,but the guys who say we are a bunch of pot heads and criminals are idiots.Every team in the league has at one time or another had similar issues.YES even your favorite team.The best team in this modern era the 90s Dallas Cowboys had the White House and you wont here me hate on them ever.”The same thing that makes you laugh, will make you cry…..Who is your favorite team? Trust me I got dirt on them just sayin.

THE GREAT DETROIT LIONS
Are back at it getting ready to win the Super Bowl.
49ers………21
Lions………24
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Please quit posting this. The Lions and the Niners are both in the NFC, It’s impossible for them to meet in the Super Bowl. Although if they met in the Conference Championship I could see this being the score.

All these posts crack me up. Let’s give them there due there an up coming team in the NFL, no matter how many times most of you want to criticize them everytime there an article about them. But I guess, “Haters are gona hate”.

Judging by all of the negative comments, I can only surmise that there are a lot of slappies out there who are now afraid of the Lions. When the Lions were the doormats of the league, chumps everywhere thought they were cute and funny. Now they live in fear that the Lions will punch the taste right out of their favorite team’s mouth.

Ndamukong Suh and now Fairley, too – Bringing back the ‘Black and Blue’ Division one hit at a time.

squared80 says:
Apr 16, 2012 6:35 PM
Stafford has to say that, even though he knows it’s a flat-out lie. The team is characterized by their Napolean-complexed head coach. Both he and the team are as immature as I’ve seen in the NFL in years.
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Have you ever heard of Rex Ryan? or the New York Jets?

Says the quarterback that threw a player down by the helmet because he couldn’t get off a block to stop a defender after throwing his 4th interception. Refering to a team of punks and crybabies lead by Mr. Poopiepants himself Jim Schwarz.

Detriot Lions are going to be the most mature 3rd place team in the NFC North.

The bias this website spews makes me sick. 10-6, 5000 yards passing (youngest player to ever do that), the best athlete in the game (megatron), and a few bad seeds and you tear them apart. Do you pray that Best will never play again Mr. Smith?

Say what you like there babyhorsesassmorgan but Matt Stafford is a natural leader and he will find a way to bring this young team together.
ps: Reading one of your other posts I was surprised you could even spell IQ. You really need to get some new material.

Judging by all of the negative comments, I can only surmise that there are a lot of slappies out there who are now afraid of the Lions. When the Lions were the doormats of the league, chumps everywhere thought they were cute and funny. Now they live in fear that the Lions will punch the taste right out of their favorite team’s mouth.

Ndamukong Suh and now Fairley, too – Bringing back the ‘Black and Blue’ Division one hit at a time.

Omg such crybabies. Go ahead, get all your poor excuses out of the way cause when the season starts and they find out the Detroit Lions are nature, are legit, and are going to knock the smart@as remarks out of your mouths.

In todays NFL ill take someone smoking pot over the rapist, drunk drivers, wife beaters, lowlifes that seem to be making up the teams they play. Period

I love how Lions fans think any team is afraid to have the Lions on the schedule all off a sudden. Are they a talented team? Absolutely but no one fears them for anything other than trying to get through a game without a cheapshot or personal fouls. Because as talented as the Lions are they are still the 3rd best team in the NFC North and the 8th best in the NFC. I’m being generous with that too.

Says the quarterback that threw a player down by the helmet because he couldn’t get off a block to stop a defender after throwing his 4th interception. Refering to a team of punks and crybabies lead by Mr. Poopiepants himself Jim Schwarz.

Detriot Lions are going to be the most mature 3rd place team in the NFC North.

We’ve been 3rd and mature. If we’re not mature then so be it…we’re not 3rd anymore either Mr. Steelerbear…how’s the view of our ases down there punk?

I love how Schwartz is 6’1″ 215 lbs and people like to refer to the “napoleon complex”…do you even understand what the “napoleon complex” refers to? because if you did you want to group any man over 6 feet tall and 200lbs in this group.

not to mention he’s a former linebacker, and people think he’d struggle in a fight with a former primma donna quarterback?? lol

You gotta love how, nowadays. if one trash talks or makes fun of a team, that team’s fans immediately start yelling “hater!” or “it’s because you’re afraid of us.”

No, sorry. No one’s “afraid” of the Lions. Good lord, people- they were 10-6 last year and lost the only playoff game they managed to find their way into by 17 points- not a team who went 15-1 and lost the NFC championship by a point and barely missed the SB. Up and coming team? Perhaps. Unstoppable powerhouse juggernaut everyone should be “afraid” of? Hardly.

Isn’t it obvious to everyone by now that when people yell “hater,” its out of frustration and the fact that they really just don’t have a good comeback? “Well, you’re right and I really don’t have a defense here, so I’ll just try to wash my hands over it and dismiss you as a ‘hater’.”

There are a LOT of people commenting about how nobody should be afraid of the Lions….which only means one thing: There are a LOT of people who are afraid of the Lions. I’m lovin’ it!

From what I can tell, Lions fans are the most rational fans out there. Irrational fans (as demonstrated above in bulk) cannot stand to allow any team (other than their favorite team) to have any respect. Irrational fans cannot admit that any other team could possibly beat their favorite team. There’s a lot of irrationality being shown here!

Just admit it – the Lions are good now. Get over it. It won’t last forever. The Lions will suck again sometime, it just happens. Every team goes through years when they’re good and years when they’re bad. The Lions are good now. Lower your pathetic pride a little bit and ADMIT IT.

@ Darthhitman77, You need to wipe better. Glad to see you can read and type with that paper bag on your head. Lets get this straight; all you so called Lions fans never said a word for over a decade and you have one season where the stars align just right for you to get into the playoffs and the Lions won as many games as the teams that were sitting at home.

Call me a punk all you like Sally, end of the day your team will never be mature as long as Schwarz is the head coach and they will always be the paper Lions. Enjoy being 3rd again this season.

I usually don’t get into a punks lack of thought like you, but seriously your talking all this junk about the Lions being 3rd best in their respected conference when the Steelers claim glory in a conference with teams like the Browns, Bengals, and Ravens. Come on let’s be serious. Now I can see where the stupidity and arrogance of the felon ridden Steelers team come from. I have stood proudly by my Lions through the Barry Sanders years, the dark days, and I will continue to do so as we take this league by storm. Every team (including the Steelers) know what Detroit its bringing and yes they know we will no longer be a stepping stone for years to come.
Don’t you think its about time you pull your head out of your you know what (I know you like it there) but time to swallow your pride be a true fan of football and give credit where it is due

@steelerbear78
SERIOUSLY tebow rocked your old and crapy team check and see for yourself what the third best team in the nfc did to tebowtime of all fans to hate a steelers fan haha wht is the world coming too. how hypocritical haha thats just as bad as the “journalists” on this site

I’ve been a Lions fan my whole life, I’m not saying we are a team to fear but we are a team that will make some noise and may surprise some people for years to come. but I believe Stafford when he says that. Any team who steps onto the field doubting us and thinking we cant do it next year is in for a harsh reality check.

And any team who got knocked out by Tim Tebow in the payoffs last year (who we beat the snot out of) All I have to say is I will let you have my paper bag. I wont be needing it anymore.